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Boys
Latin, 55^th And Hazel

1. Did you work the
   election last year?

No this is the first time I
have worked here.

1. How is this year
   different from 2009?

Last year, more people came only about 17 people came.

1. What is the best part
   of being a poll worker?

Well its hard work, but seeing the excitement of the
election and sharing our political views on it is what makes me happy.

1. What is the most
   difficult part of being a poll worker?

The most difficult part is getting
people out to vote and staying there all day.

The place were my mom votes is now Elwood Elementry School. We went After she got off of work around three o'clock. During that time it was very little people there because lots of other voters did not get off of work. Interviewed the head poll worker who was a really nice and confident woman who was willing to answer all of my questions. This woman had worked the polls last year and has saw that there was significant decrease of voters from last year. For her the best part of being a poll worker is being involved politically in the community; and the most difficult is part is waiting for voter to come and vote.

 I have two images to post but I am unsure on how to insert them.

- Desirée Mack

Today i went to a voting place together with Chris Cothran and Vienna Tartaglia. We realized that almost all of the voting poll was located at every Catholic school, so it didn't take us that long until we found one. We were surprised because only two people were sitting outside and about 4 more inside sitting around doing absolutely nothing. We went into the voting place and met a nice lady who helped us tale pictures inside the polling station. We were surprised that no one was there to vote. My theory to why there wasnt that many people was because of first, SEPTA strike. Second, it was in the middle of the day during a weekday. Third, no one knew that there was even a voting going on because of lack of advertising. I don't think people care much about it this year. They kind of got tired of everything that has happened; the economy (job lost, etc), and phillies losing to the yankees.

Overall, it was pretty shocking that no one was voting at all. I asked the person in charge there and she said there haven;t been any voters that came in to vote. She was also nice about me taking pictures, usually we weren't allowed to take pitures. Last time i took pictures, i got kicked out of the voting place the hard way.

I went to the Kendrick recreation center and talked to a senior lady working at the poll.  It seemed as those most of the people I saw there were fairly old, actually.  I asked her if she had been there last year for the Presidential election, and she said yes.  When I asked her is it was much difference from this year she nodded vigorously.  Last year there was a line of voters the entire day.  At the time I was there the room was pretty much empty.  
    The turnout was much less than last year, and apparently the place I went to had been doing better compared to other polling places.  Last year voters of all ages came.  She said there were a lot of enthusiastic young voters then, but not so many now.  Thats one of the reasons she enjoys working there.  She likes to meet new people and see them interested in voting.  When I asked her why she thought it was so slow, she said people don't see as much significance in this type of election because its mostly just judges.  Working there mostly just involves paper work/checking and double checking all sorts of lists.  Other than that, she said "the job is easy."

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The polling place I attended was in the church around the
corner from my house. I did not attend a voting place last year for the
presidential election, but judging from videos and pictures posted by the media
of the packed rooms, and lines going out the door for the presidential election,
I already knew my experience was going to be drastically different. Not many
people showed up while I was there, but that may have something to do with the
fact that I did not choose a very busy time to go. However, despite the little
amount of people that showed up I was reluctant to get someone to answer some
of my questions. Finally, I noticed one of my neighbors on the committee, and
she agreed to be interviewed. She worked this years poll and last year, and she
basically said the things that I mentioned already - Far fewer people than last
year, and she said she wouldn’t even be surprised if most people didn’t know
who the candidates were. This lady has been my neighbor for years and she has
always been eager to help out in the community. So it wasn’t surprising when
she said that the most frustrating part of being a poll worker is the fact that
so little people care about these little elections, especially when these are
the people that are really going to make a difference in your community.